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<td class="tti_buttonlink">'''[[Infiltration issue 2|«]]''' | |||
</td><td align="center">[[Infiltration|The Transformers: Infiltration]] #3 | |||
</td><td align="right" class="tti_buttonlink">'''[[Infiltration issue 4|»]]''' | |||
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<td colspan="2" style="font-size: 12px; background-color:#ffffff;" align="center"> [[Infiltration 3a.jpg|<img alt="" src="/w2/images2/thumb/7/71/Infiltration_3a.jpg/230px-Infiltration_3a.jpg" width="230" height="349" border="0" />]]<br />See what happens when you are a prick? | |||
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<td>'''Publisher''' </td><td> [[IDW Publishing|IDW Publishing]] | |||
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<td>'''Date published''' </td><td> March 8, 2006 | |||
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<td>'''Cover date''' </td><td> March 2006 | |||
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<td>'''Written by''' </td><td> [[Simon Furman|Simon Furman]] | |||
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<td>'''Art by''' </td><td> [[E. J. Su|E. J. Su]] | |||
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<td>'''Colors by''' </td><td> [[John Rauch|John Rauch]] | |||
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<td>'''Letters by''' </td><td> [[Tom B. Long|Tom B. Long]] | |||
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<td>'''Edits by''' </td><td> [[Chris Ryall|Chris Ryall]] & [[Dan Taylor|Dan Taylor]] | |||
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<td>'''Continuity''' </td><td> [[IDW continuity|IDW continuity]] | |||
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<td>'''Chronology''' </td><td> [[IDW Timeline|Infiltration]] | |||
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'''The Decepticons attempt to erase evidence of their location while Ratchet warns Prowl of the situation.''' | '''The Decepticons attempt to erase evidence of their location while Ratchet warns Prowl of the situation.''' | ||
== Synopsis == | == Synopsis == | ||
Aboard the Autobot starship ''[[Ark-17]]'', located at the bottom of [[Lake Michigan]], Prowl gives Ratchet a thorough dressing-down for disobeying his orders and breaking cover, then tells him to find out just what's on Verity's stolen palmtop and get rid of the humans, refusing Ratchet's suggestion that Prowl alert [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]. Ratchet appears to Verity, Hunter and Jimmy in their containment cell and persuades Verity to hand the palmtop over. He shows them the mysterious businessman's photos and explains they show a [[Decepticon Command Bunker|Decepticon command bunker]], mysteriously abandoned (which Decepticons never do) and apparently in [[Siege mode|Siege Mode]] much too early than standard Decepticon procedure. | Aboard the Autobot starship ''[[Ark-17|Ark-17]]'', located at the bottom of [[Lake Michigan|Lake Michigan]], Prowl gives Ratchet a thorough dressing-down for disobeying his orders and breaking cover, then tells him to find out just what's on Verity's stolen palmtop and get rid of the humans, refusing Ratchet's suggestion that Prowl alert [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]. Ratchet reminds them that regardless of whether or not the Decepticons are acting under orders or gone rogue, it's only a matter of time before [[Megatron (G1)|the big "M"]] arrives. Fortunately, his pleas do not fall on deaf audio sensors, as Ironhide listens intently. | ||
Ratchet appears to Verity, Hunter and Jimmy in their containment cell and persuades Verity to hand the palmtop over. He shows them the mysterious businessman's photos and explains they show a [[Decepticon Command Bunker|Decepticon command bunker]], mysteriously abandoned (which Decepticons never do) and apparently in [[Siege mode|Siege Mode]] much too early than standard Decepticon procedure. While this is going on, Ironhide finishes sending sending a pulsewave to Autobot command, Optimus Prime's optics only. | |||
In the meantime, a police officer is investigating the dead body found on an Arizona reservation, tracking him to a caravan park—just as a pair of war-planes, one black, one purple, appear out of thin air and destroy the dead man's caravan, promptly disappearing again. Later, an Abrams battle tank destroys the remains of Jimmy Pink's garage, then transforms into the purple plane and along with the black one disappears yet again. Finally, the coach which Verity and the dead man traveled on is destroyed. | |||
Verity, Hunter and Jimmy insist that Ratchet take them to the [[Decepticon|Decepticon]] bunker in Nebraska so that they can locate the proof Ratchet needs to persuade Prowl of the severity of the Decepticon situation. Partway swayed, Ratchet makes his mind up when Bumblebee offers to help out. The three humans and two Autobots make their way to Nebraska—just as the Decepticon lieutenant Starscream orders Skywarp and Blitzwing to destroy the bunker... | |||
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== | ==Featured characters== | ||
'' | (''Numbers indicate order of appearance.)'' | ||
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<th style="background:#FFEEEE"> [[Autobots|Autobots]]</th><th style="background:#EEEEFE"> [[Decepticons|Decepticons]]</th><th style="background:antiquewhite"> [[Human|Humans]] | |||
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* [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (4) | |||
* [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] (5) | |||
* [[ | |||
* [[ | |||
* [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (6) | * [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (6) | ||
* [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] (7) | * [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] (7) | ||
* [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (8) | * [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (8) | ||
* [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (9) | |||
* [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (10) | |||
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* [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] ( | * [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] (13) | ||
* [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] ( | * [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] (14) | ||
* [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (17) | |||
* [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] ( | |||
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* [[Verity Carlo]] ( | * [[Hunter O'Nion|Hunter O'Nion]] (1) | ||
* [[ | * [[Verity Carlo|Verity Carlo]] (2) | ||
* [[Jimmy Pink]] (3) | * [[Jimmy Pink|Jimmy Pink]] (3) | ||
* Landlord (11) | |||
* Sheriff (12) | |||
* [[Jimmy Pink|Jimmy Pink]] (3) | |||
* [[Lindy Simmons|Lindy Simmons]] and crew (15) | |||
* Bus washer (16) | |||
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== Errors == | == Errors == | ||
* None yet identified. | * None yet identified. | ||
== Items of note == | == Items of note == | ||
* '''Cameos:''' Stoker (in flashback) | |||
* Prowl refers to Ratchet's actions being to "give yourself ''another'' shot at being a hero", implying he has carried out similar actions which may have gone wrong. | * Prowl refers to Ratchet's actions being to "give yourself ''another'' shot at being a hero", implying he has carried out similar actions which may have gone wrong. | ||
* Bumblebee's holomatter avatar is female. As the Autobots appear to have voices that match their avatars, this implies Bumblebee has a female-sounding voice as well. | * Bumblebee's holomatter avatar is female. As the Autobots appear to have voices that match their avatars, this implies Bumblebee has a female-sounding voice as well. | ||
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===Covers (7)=== | ===Covers (7)=== | ||
* '''Cover A:''' Prowl amongst explosions by [[E. J. Su|E. J. Su]], part 2 of a larger image | |||
* '''Cover A''' | * '''Cover B:''' Blitzwing vs Jazz by [[Guido Guidi|Guido Guidi]] | ||
* '''Cover B''' | * '''Cover C:''' Blitzwing in tank mode by [[Andrew Wildman|Andrew Wildman]] | ||
* '''Cover C''' | * '''Cover D:''' Humans at Ratchet's feet by [[James Raiz|James Raiz]] | ||
* '''Cover D''' | * '''Cover RI-A:''' Foil stamp of cover D | ||
* '''Cover RI-A''' | * '''Cover RI-B:''' Prowl by Guido Guidi | ||
* '''Cover RI-B''' | * '''Cover RI-C:''' Blitzwing by Guido Guidi (includes 3 mini-prints) | ||
* '''Cover RI-C''' | |||
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<div class="thumb" style="padding: 13px 0; width: 150px;"><div style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 120px;">[[Infiltration 3a.jpg|<img alt="" src="/w2/images2/thumb/7/71/Infiltration_3a.jpg/79px-Infiltration_3a.jpg" width="79" height="120" border="0" />]]</div></div> | |||
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See what happens when you're a prick! | |||
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<div class="thumb" style="padding: 13px 0; width: 150px;"><div style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 120px;">[[Infiltration 3b.jpg|<img alt="" src="/w2/images2/thumb/0/01/Infiltration_3b.jpg/79px-Infiltration_3b.jpg" width="79" height="120" border="0" />]]</div></div> | |||
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This time Jazz eats floor, dig? | |||
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<div class="thumb" style="padding: 13px 0; width: 150px;"><div style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 120px;">[[Infiltration 3c.jpg|<img alt="" src="/w2/images2/thumb/3/39/Infiltration_3c.jpg/79px-Infiltration_3c.jpg" width="79" height="120" border="0" />]]</div></div> | |||
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Triple takeover. | |||
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<div class="thumb" style="padding: 13px 0; width: 150px;"><div style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 120px;">[[Infiltration 3d.jpg|<img alt="" src="/w2/images2/thumb/c/c5/Infiltration_3d.jpg/79px-Infiltration_3d.jpg" width="79" height="120" border="0" />]]</div></div> | |||
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Raiz draws better humans, hands down! | |||
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<div class="thumb" style="padding: 13px 0; width: 150px;"><div style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 120px;">[[Infiltration 3ria.jpg|<img alt="" src="/w2/images2/thumb/a/a0/Infiltration_3ria.jpg/78px-Infiltration_3ria.jpg" width="78" height="120" border="0" />]]</div></div> | |||
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Oooh, foily! | |||
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<div class="thumb" style="padding: 13px 0; width: 150px;"><div style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 120px;">[[Infiltration 3rib.jpg|<img alt="" src="/w2/images2/thumb/1/1a/Infiltration_3rib.jpg/79px-Infiltration_3rib.jpg" width="79" height="120" border="0" />]]</div></div> | |||
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Toy-accurate prick! | |||
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<div class="thumb" style="padding: 13px 0; width: 150px;"><div style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 120px;">[[Infiltration 3ric.jpg|<img alt="" src="/w2/images2/thumb/2/24/Infiltration_3ric.jpg/79px-Infiltration_3ric.jpg" width="79" height="120" border="0" />]]</div></div> | |||
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Mister deadlier-than-thou | |||
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<tr style="font-size:14px;"> <td class="tti_buttonlink">« </td><td align="center">The Transformers: Infiltration #3 </td><td align="right" class="tti_buttonlink">» </td></tr> <tr class="tt1_secondarynav"> <td class="tti_buttonlink"> </td><td align="center"> </td><td align="right" class="tti_buttonlink"> </td></tr></table> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="font-size: 12px; background-color:#ffffff;" align="center"> <img alt="" src="/w2/images2/thumb/7/71/Infiltration_3a.jpg/230px-Infiltration_3a.jpg" width="230" height="349" border="0" /><br />See what happens when you are a prick? </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="font-size: 14px; background-color:#e7d492; color:black;font-weight:bold;" align="center"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Publisher </td><td> IDW Publishing </td></tr> <tr> <td>Date published </td><td> March 8, 2006 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Cover date </td><td> March 2006 </td></tr>
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<td>Letters by </td><td> Tom B. Long
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<td>Edits by </td><td> Chris Ryall & Dan Taylor
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<td>Continuity </td><td> IDW continuity
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<td>Chronology </td><td> Infiltration
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</table> The Decepticons attempt to erase evidence of their location while Ratchet warns Prowl of the situation.
Synopsis
Aboard the Autobot starship Ark-17, located at the bottom of Lake Michigan, Prowl gives Ratchet a thorough dressing-down for disobeying his orders and breaking cover, then tells him to find out just what's on Verity's stolen palmtop and get rid of the humans, refusing Ratchet's suggestion that Prowl alert Optimus Prime. Ratchet reminds them that regardless of whether or not the Decepticons are acting under orders or gone rogue, it's only a matter of time before the big "M" arrives. Fortunately, his pleas do not fall on deaf audio sensors, as Ironhide listens intently.
Ratchet appears to Verity, Hunter and Jimmy in their containment cell and persuades Verity to hand the palmtop over. He shows them the mysterious businessman's photos and explains they show a Decepticon command bunker, mysteriously abandoned (which Decepticons never do) and apparently in Siege Mode much too early than standard Decepticon procedure. While this is going on, Ironhide finishes sending sending a pulsewave to Autobot command, Optimus Prime's optics only.
In the meantime, a police officer is investigating the dead body found on an Arizona reservation, tracking him to a caravan park—just as a pair of war-planes, one black, one purple, appear out of thin air and destroy the dead man's caravan, promptly disappearing again. Later, an Abrams battle tank destroys the remains of Jimmy Pink's garage, then transforms into the purple plane and along with the black one disappears yet again. Finally, the coach which Verity and the dead man traveled on is destroyed.
Verity, Hunter and Jimmy insist that Ratchet take them to the Decepticon bunker in Nebraska so that they can locate the proof Ratchet needs to persuade Prowl of the severity of the Decepticon situation. Partway swayed, Ratchet makes his mind up when Bumblebee offers to help out. The three humans and two Autobots make their way to Nebraska—just as the Decepticon lieutenant Starscream orders Skywarp and Blitzwing to destroy the bunker...
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
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<th style="background:#FFEEEE"> Autobots</th><th style="background:#EEEEFE"> Decepticons</th><th style="background:antiquewhite"> Humans
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- Skywarp (13)
- Blitzwing (14)
- Starscream (17)
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- Hunter O'Nion (1)
- Verity Carlo (2)
- Jimmy Pink (3)
- Landlord (11)
- Sheriff (12)
- Jimmy Pink (3)
- Lindy Simmons and crew (15)
- Bus washer (16)
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Errors
- None yet identified.
Items of note
- Cameos: Stoker (in flashback)
- Prowl refers to Ratchet's actions being to "give yourself another shot at being a hero", implying he has carried out similar actions which may have gone wrong.
- Bumblebee's holomatter avatar is female. As the Autobots appear to have voices that match their avatars, this implies Bumblebee has a female-sounding voice as well.
- The "Decepticomments" section featured mail answered by Chris Ryall and short ads for next month's issues: Infiltration #4, The Gathering #3, Generations #2.
Covers (7)
- Cover A: Prowl amongst explosions by E. J. Su, part 2 of a larger image
- Cover B: Blitzwing vs Jazz by Guido Guidi
- Cover C: Blitzwing in tank mode by Andrew Wildman
- Cover D: Humans at Ratchet's feet by James Raiz
- Cover RI-A: Foil stamp of cover D
- Cover RI-B: Prowl by Guido Guidi
- Cover RI-C: Blitzwing by Guido Guidi (includes 3 mini-prints)
<table class="gallery" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td><div class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px;"> <div class="thumb" style="padding: 13px 0; width: 150px;"><div style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 120px;"><img alt="" src="/w2/images2/thumb/7/71/Infiltration_3a.jpg/79px-Infiltration_3a.jpg" width="79" height="120" border="0" /></div></div> <div class="gallerytext"> See what happens when you're a prick!
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<div class="thumb" style="padding: 13px 0; width: 150px;"><div style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 120px;"><img alt="" src="/w2/images2/thumb/0/01/Infiltration_3b.jpg/79px-Infiltration_3b.jpg" width="79" height="120" border="0" /></div></div>
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This time Jazz eats floor, dig?
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<div class="thumb" style="padding: 13px 0; width: 150px;"><div style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 120px;"><img alt="" src="/w2/images2/thumb/3/39/Infiltration_3c.jpg/79px-Infiltration_3c.jpg" width="79" height="120" border="0" /></div></div>
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Triple takeover.
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<div class="thumb" style="padding: 13px 0; width: 150px;"><div style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 120px;"><img alt="" src="/w2/images2/thumb/c/c5/Infiltration_3d.jpg/79px-Infiltration_3d.jpg" width="79" height="120" border="0" /></div></div>
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Raiz draws better humans, hands down!
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<div class="thumb" style="padding: 13px 0; width: 150px;"><div style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 120px;"><img alt="" src="/w2/images2/thumb/a/a0/Infiltration_3ria.jpg/78px-Infiltration_3ria.jpg" width="78" height="120" border="0" /></div></div>
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Oooh, foily!
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<div class="thumb" style="padding: 13px 0; width: 150px;"><div style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 120px;"><img alt="" src="/w2/images2/thumb/1/1a/Infiltration_3rib.jpg/79px-Infiltration_3rib.jpg" width="79" height="120" border="0" /></div></div>
<div class="gallerytext">
Toy-accurate prick!
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<div class="thumb" style="padding: 13px 0; width: 150px;"><div style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 120px;"><img alt="" src="/w2/images2/thumb/2/24/Infiltration_3ric.jpg/79px-Infiltration_3ric.jpg" width="79" height="120" border="0" /></div></div>
<div class="gallerytext">
Mister deadlier-than-thou
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